Here are some of the important fact and figures making up London's plans to
host the 2012 Olympics:
Ticketing
:: There will be 9.6 million tickets for sale - 8 million for the Olympics and
1.6 million for the Paralympics.
:: Organisers say 75% of all tickets will cost less than £50 and offer free
travel on London transport.
:: A sell-out rate of 82% for the Olympic Games and 63% for the Paralympics is
estimated.
:: Tickets for the athletics will start at £15 and there will be 20,000 £10
tickets for the Olympic Park to watch events on big screens.
Athletes Village
:: The Olympic Village will have 17,320 beds and provide each athlete with
16sqm floor space.
:: Each apartment will have a TV, internet access, a private courtyard.
:: The dining hall can cater for 5,500 athletes at a time.
Legacy
:: The Olympic Village Polyclinic will be converted into a lifelong learning
centre for the local east London community, complete with a nursery, primary and
secondary schools.
:: After the Games, the village will be converted into 3,600 apartments,
mostly comprising affordable housing.
:: The media and press centre is to become a creative industries centre for
east London.
:: After the Games, the arenas will be deconstructed and relocated to other
parts of the UK along with the swimming pools that are used for water polo and
the 50m training pools.
:: Charities will be given the sports equipment used in the Games for free.
Political Commitment
:: A Cabinet-level minister is to be responsible for delivering the Games.
:: Government will create an Olympic Delivery Authority to ensure delivery of
Olympic infrastructure and new venues.
:: There will also be a Cabinet-level Olympic Security Committee to
co-ordinate all security planning.
Transport
:: It is estimated 80% of athletes will be within 20 minutes of their events
and 97% of athletes will be within 30 minutes of their events.
:: And 93% of training venues are to be within 30 minutes of the athletes'
village.
:: The aim is for 90% of all venues to be served by three or more forms of
public transport.
:: There will be two major park-and-ride sites off the M25 with a combined
capacity of 12,000 cars and within 25 minutes of the Olympic Park.
:: There are 9,000 planned park-and-ride spaces to be made available at
Ebbsfleet where spectators can board a 10-minute javelin service to the Olympic
Park. This is the same station where continental spectators travelling by
Eurostar will join the javelin to the Olympic Park.
:: It is predicted that on event days 78% of spectators are likely to travel
from within London and 22% from the rest of the UK and Europe.
:: Organisers estimate that 80% of visitors and Games' staff will use rail
services to reach the Olympic Park.
:: Low or no emission vehicles will be used to transport Olympic athletes and
officials.
Others
:: A tri-generation plant will supply electricity, heat and chilled water to
the Olympic Park using technology which produces 33% lower CO2 emissions than
from the electricity grid.
:: By 2012 it is estimated that over 135,000 rooms will be available within
50km of the Olympic Park, up from 120,000 presently.
:: According to London 2012, for the first time in any games, live Olympic
backdrop presentation facilities will be available to broadcast rights holders
via rooftop studios on the main press centre with a direct view of the Olympic
Stadium and Park.
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